Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 12

Harness (v. t.) 給……上挽具;套(馬)[+to];治理,利用;控制,駕馭 To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array.

Harnessed in rugged steel. -- Rowe.

A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear. -- Chaucer.

Harness (v. t.) Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. -- Dr. H. More.

Harness (v. t.) To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively.

Harnessed to some regular profession. -- J. C. Shairp.

{Harnessed antelope}. (Zool.) See {Guib}.

{Harnessed moth} (Zool.), An American bombycid moth ({Arctia phalerata} of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground.

Harness (n.) A support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute).

Harness (n.) Stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart.

Harness (v.) Put a harness; "harness the horse" [syn: {harness}, {tackle}] [ant: {unharness}].

Harness (v.) Exploit the power of; "harness natural forces and resources".

Harness (v.) Control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse" [syn: {harness}, {rein in}, {draw rein}, {rein}].

Harness (v.) Keep in check; "rule one's temper" [syn: {rule}, {harness}, {rein}].

Harness (n.) Heb. 'asar, "to bind;" hence the act of fastening animals to a cart (1 Sam. 6:7, 10; Jer. 46:4, etc.).

Harness (n.) An Old English word for "armour;" Heb. neshek (2 Chr. 9:24).

Harness (n.) Heb. shiryan, a coat of mail (1 Kings 22:34; 2 Chr. 18:33; rendered "breastplate" in Isa. 59:17).

Harness (n.) The children of Israel passed out of Egypt "harnessed" (Ex. 13:18), i.e., in an orderly manner, and as if to meet a foe. The word so rendered is probably a derivative from Hebrew_hamesh_ (i.e., "five"), and may denote that they went up in five divisions, viz., the van, centre, two wings, and rear-guard.

Harness cask (n.) 【海】(船上)裝醃肉的桶 A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub.

Harness cask (n.) A tub on shipboard for storing or soaking salt meat preparatory to use.

Harnessed (a.) Brought under control and put to use; "electricity from the harnessed Colorado River"; "the harnessed power of the atom".

Harnesser (n.) One who harnesses.

Harns (n. pl.) The brains.

Harp (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.

Harp (n.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.

Harp (n.) A grain sieve.

Harped (imp. & p. p.) of Harp.

Harping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harp.

Harp (n.) To play on the harp.

Harp (n.) To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon.

Harp (v. t.) To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.

Harpa (n.) A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs.

Harpagon (n.) A grappling iron.

Harper (n.) A player on the harp; a minstrel.

Harper (n.) A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland.

Harping (a.) Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies.

Harping iron () A harpoon.

Harpings (n. pl.) The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem.

Harpist (n.) A player on the harp; a harper.

Harpoon (v. t.) 用魚叉叉(魚) To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.

Harpoon (n.) 魚叉 A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun.

{Harpoon fork}, A kind of hayfork, consisting of a bar with hinged barbs at one end and a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power.

{Harpoon gun}, A gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale.

Harpoon (n.) A spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it.

Harpoon (v.) Spear with a harpoon; "harpoon whales"

Harpooned (imp. & p. p.) of Harpoon.

Harpooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harpoon.

Harpoon (n.) [ C ] 捕鯨叉 A long, heavy spear (= a long, sharp weapon) attached to a rope, used for killing large fish or whales.

Harpoon (v.) [ T ] 用捕鯨叉叉 To hit or kill a fish or whale with a harpoon.

Harpooneer (n.) An harpooner.

Harpooner (n.) One who throws the harpoon.

Harpress (n.) A female harper.

Harpsichon (n.) A harpsichord.

Harpsichord (n.) (Mus.) 羽管鍵琴,撥弦古鋼琴 A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.

Harpsichord (n.) A clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots [syn: harpsichord, cembalo].

Harpies (n. pl. ) of Harpy.

Harpy (n.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.

Harpy (n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

Harpy (n.) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).

Harpy (n.) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil.

Harquebus (n.) Alt. of Harquebuse.

Harquebuse (n.) A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock.

Harrage (v. t.) To harass; to plunder from.

Harre (n.) A hinge.

Harridan (n.) A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.

Harrier (n.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.

Harrier (n.) One who harries.

Harrier (n.) One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, -- as the European marsh harrier (Circus aerunginosus), and the hen harrier (C. cyaneus).

Harrow (n.) An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.

Harrow (n.) (Mil.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.

{Bush harrow}, A kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow.

{Drill harrow}. See under 6th {Drill}.

{Under the harrow}, subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression.

Harrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Harrow.

Harrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harrow.

Harrow (v. t.) 耙地;使痛苦,折磨 To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land.

Will he harrow the valleys after thee? -- Job xxxix. 10.

Harrow (v. t.) To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.

My aged muscles harrowed up with whips. -- Rowe.

I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul. -- Shak.

Harrow (interj.) Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry. "Harrow and well away!" -- Spenser.

Harrow! alas! here lies my fellow slain. -- Chaucer.

Harrow (v. t.) To pillage; to harry; to oppress. [Obs.] -- Spenser.

Meaning thereby to harrow his people. -- Bacon

Harrow (n.) 耙子 [C] A cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil.

Harrow (v.) Draw a harrow over (land) [syn: {harrow}, {disk}].

Harrow (Heb. harits), A tribulum or sharp threshing sledge; a frame armed on the under side with rollers or sharp spikes (2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3).

Harrow (Heb.) (v.) Sadad, to harrow a field, break its clods (Job 39:10; Isa. 28:4; Hos. 10: 11). Its form is unknown. It may have resembled the instrument still in use in Egypt.

Harrower (n.) 耙土機 One who harrows.

Harrower (n.) One who harries. [Obs.]

Harried (imp. & p. p.) of Harry.

Harrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harry.

Harry (v. t.) 不斷煩擾,騷擾;反覆地襲擊;搶奪 To strip; to pillage; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.

To harry this beautiful region. -- W. Irving.

A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush. -- J. Burroughs.

Harry (v. t.) To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. -- Shak.

Syn: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease; worry; annoy; harass.

Harry (v. i.) To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.

Harry (prop. n.) Harold or Henry; a nickname.

Harry (v.) Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" [syn: {harass}, {hassle}, {harry}, {chivy}, {chivvy}, {chevy}, {chevvy}, {beset}, {plague}, {molest}, {provoke}].

Harry (v.) Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes [syn: {harry}, {ravage}].

Harry (v. t.) To make a pillaging or destructive raid on :  assault.

Harry (v. t.) To force to move along by harassing <harrying the terrified horses down out of the mountains -- R. A. Sokolov>.

Harry (v. t.) To torment by or as if by constant attack.

Harsh (a.) Rough; disagreeable; grating; esp.:

Harsh (a.) Disagreeable to the touch. "Harsh sand." -- Boyle.

Harsh (a.) Disagreeable to the taste. "Berries harsh and crude." -- Milton.

Harsh (a.) Disagreeable to the ear. "Harsh din." -- Milton.

Harsh (a.) Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.

Clarence is so harsh, so blunt. -- Shak.

Though harsh the precept, yet the preacher charmed. -- Dryden.

Harsh (a.) (Painting, Drawing, etc.) Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.
Harsh (a.) Unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot
sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous" [syn: harsh, rough].

Harsh (a.) Disagreeable to the senses; "the harsh cry of a blue jay"; "harsh cognac"; "the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes"; "harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway."

Harsh (a.) Of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave" [syn: coarse, harsh] [ant: fine].

Harsh (a.) Unkind or cruel or uncivil; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer" [syn: harsh, rough].

Harsh (a.) Severe; "a harsh penalty."

Harsh (a.) Sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character" [syn: harsh, abrasive].

Harshly (adv.) In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.

'T will sound harshly in her ears. -- Shak.

Harshly (adv.) In a harsh or unkind manner; "`That's enough!,' he cut in harshly."

Harshly (adv.) In a harsh and grating manner; "her voice fell gratingly on our ears" [syn: gratingly, raspingly, harshly].

Harshness (n.) The quality or state of being harsh.

O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father's crabbed, And he's composed of harshness. -- Shak.

'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. -- Pope.

Syn: Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See Acrimony.

Harshness (n.) The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions [syn: harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness].

Harshness (n.) The quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses [syn: harshness, roughness].

Harshness (n.) The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance [syn: cruelty, cruelness, harshness].

Harshness (n.) Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" [syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness].

Haslet (n.) The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog. [Written also harslet.]
Harslet (n.) See Haslet.

Hart (n.) (Zool.) A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under Buck.

Goodliest of all the forest, hart and hind. -- Milton.

Hart (n.) United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961) [syn: Hart, Moss Hart].

Hart (n.) United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943) [syn: Hart, Lorenz Hart, Lorenz Milton Hart].

Hart (n.) A male deer, especially an adult male red deer [syn: hart, stag].

Hart, () (Heb. 'ayal), A stag or male deer. It is ranked among the clean animals (Deut. 12:15; 14:5; 15:22), and was commonly killed for food (1 Kings 4:23). The hart is frequently alluded to in the poetical and prophetical books (Isa. 35:6; Cant. 2:8, 9; Lam. 1:6; Ps. 42:1).

Hart -- U.S. County in Georgia

Population (2000): 22997

Housing Units (2000): 11111

Land area (2000): 232.208961 sq. miles (601.418422 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 24.209681 sq. miles (62.702783 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 256.418642 sq. miles (664.121205 sq. km)

Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 34.360857 N, 82.968511 W
Headwords:

Hart

Hart, GA

Hart County

Hart County, GA

Hart -- U.S. County in Kentucky

Population (2000): 17445

Housing Units (2000): 8045

Land area (2000): 415.930185 sq. miles (1077.254187 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 1.982198 sq. miles (5.133869 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 417.912383 sq. miles (1082.388056 sq. km)

Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21

Location: 37.280263 N, 85.880213 W

Headwords:

Hart

Hart, KY

Hart County

Hart County, KY

Hart, TX -- U.S. city in Texas

Population (2000): 1198

Housing Units (2000): 410

Land area (2000): 0.751337 sq. miles (1.945953 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 0.751337 sq. miles (1.945953 sq. km)

FIPS code: 32576

Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48

Location: 34.386723 N, 102.115035 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 79043

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Headwords:

Hart, TX

Hart

Hart, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan

Population (2000): 1950

Housing Units (2000): 832

Land area (2000): 1.916173 sq. miles (4.962866 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.139536 sq. miles (0.361397 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 2.055709 sq. miles (5.324263 sq. km)

FIPS code: 36920

Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26

Location: 43.699439 N, 86.365774 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 49420

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Hart, MI

Hart

Hartbeest (n.) (Zool.) A large South African antelope ({Alcelaphus caama), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white.  [Written also hartebeest, and hartebest.]

Hartbeest (n.) Any anteleope of the genus Alcelaphus and certain species of Darnaliscus.

Harten (v. t.) To hearten; to encourage; to incite. [Obs.] -- Spenser.

Hartford (n.) The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds.

Hartford (n.) The state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business [syn: Hartford, capital of Connecticut].

Hartford -- U.S. County in Connecticut

Population (2000): 857183

Housing Units (2000): 353022

Land area (2000): 735.439697 sq. miles (1904.779991 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 15.132442 sq. miles (39.192842 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 750.572139 sq. miles (1943.972833 sq. km)

Located within: Connecticut (CT), FIPS 09

Location: 41.769967 N, 72.715449 W

Headwords:

Hartford

Hartford, CT

Hartford County

Hartford County, CT

Hartford, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama

Population (2000): 2369

Housing Units (2000): 1121

Land area (2000): 6.232903 sq. miles (16.143143 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.014327 sq. miles (0.037107 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 6.247230 sq. miles (16.180250 sq. km)

FIPS code: 33424

Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01

Location: 31.103664 N, 85.694544 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 36344

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Headwords:

Hartford, AL

Hartford

Hartford, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas

Population (2000): 772

Housing Units (2000): 346

Land area (2000): 1.806627 sq. miles (4.679141 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 1.806627 sq. miles (4.679141 sq. km)

FIPS code: 30490

Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05

Location: 35.023358 N, 94.378398 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 72938

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Headwords:

Hartford, AR

Hartford

Hartford, CT -- U.S. city in Connecticut

Population (2000): 121578

Housing Units (2000): 50644

Land area (2000): 17.305364 sq. miles (44.820685 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.664460 sq. miles (1.720944 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 17.969824 sq. miles (46.541629 sq. km)

FIPS code: 37000

Located within: Connecticut (CT), FIPS 09

Location: 41.762550 N, 72.688587 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 06103 06105 06106 06112 06114 06120

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Hartford, CT

Hartford

Hartford, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio

Population (2000): 412

Housing Units (2000): 170

Land area (2000): 0.535699 sq. miles (1.387453 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 0.535699 sq. miles (1.387453 sq. km)

FIPS code: 34202

Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39

Location: 40.239388 N, 82.687559 W

ZIP Codes (1990):   

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Headwords:

Hartford, OH

Hartford

Hartford, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois

Population (2000): 1545

Housing Units (2000): 710

Land area (2000): 3.898056 sq. miles (10.095919 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.014000 sq. miles (0.036260 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.912056 sq. miles (10.132179 sq. km)

FIPS code: 33279

Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17

Location: 38.824498 N, 90.092509 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 62048

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Headwords:

Hartford, IL

Hartford

Hartford, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa

Population (2000): 759

Housing Units (2000): 282

Land area (2000): 0.974434 sq. miles (2.523773 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 0.974434 sq. miles (2.523773 sq. km)

FIPS code: 34680

Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19

Location: 41.459662 N, 93.402089 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 50118

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Headwords:

Hartford, IA

Hartford

Hartford, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas

Population (2000): 500

Housing Units (2000): 220

Land area (2000): 0.376205 sq. miles (0.974367 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 0.376205 sq. miles (0.974367 sq. km)

FIPS code: 30475

Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20

Location: 38.307866 N, 95.956313 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 66854

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Headwords:

Hartford, KS

Hartford

Hartford, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota

Population (2000): 1844

Housing Units (2000): 675

Land area (2000): 1.491185 sq. miles (3.862151 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 1.491185 sq. miles (3.862151 sq. km)

FIPS code: 27540

Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46

Location: 43.624716 N, 96.945084 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 57033

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Headwords:

Hartford, SD

Hartford
Hartford, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky

Population (2000): 2571

Housing Units (2000): 1165

Land area (2000): 2.598305 sq. miles (6.729580 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 2.598305 sq. miles (6.729580 sq. km)

FIPS code: 35020

Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21

Location: 37.450415 N, 86.902026 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 42347

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Headwords:

Hartford, KY

Hartford

Hartford, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan

Population (2000): 2476

Housing Units (2000): 1023

Land area (2000): 1.371262 sq. miles (3.551551 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 1.371262 sq. miles (3.551551 sq. km)

FIPS code: 36960

Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26

Location: 42.206140 N, 86.167759 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 49057

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Hartford, MI

Hartford

Hartford, WI -- U.S. city in Wisconsin

Population (2000): 10905

Housing Units (2000): 4434

Land area (2000): 5.989584 sq. miles (15.512951 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.052202 sq. miles (0.135203 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 6.041786 sq. miles (15.648154 sq. km)

FIPS code: 33000

Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55

Location: 43.318361 N, 88.378808 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 53027

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Hartford, WI

Hartford

Harts clover () Melilot or sweet clover. See Melilot.

Hart's-ear (n.) An Asiatic species of Cacalia (C. Kleinia), used medicinally in India.

Hartshorn (n.) The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.

Hartshorn (n.) Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.

Hart-tongue (n.) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America.

Hart-tongue (n.) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnaeus. It is also found in Florida.

Hartwort (n.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum).

Harum-scarum (v. t.) Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless.

Haruspication (n.) See Haruspicy.

Haruspice (n.) A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice.

Haruspicy (n.) The art or practices of haruspices. See Aruspicy.

Harvest (n.) <Tool, networking> A highly scalable, customisable system for discovering resources on the Internet. Version: 1.3. (1999-01-16)

Harvest (v. t.) 收割;收穫;獲得,得到 To reap or gather, as any crop.

Harvest (n.) 收穫;收穫季節 [C] [U]; 收成,產量 [C];結果;後果;成果 [S] The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.

Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. -- Gen. viii. 22.

At harvest, when corn is ripe. -- Tyndale.

Harvest (n.) That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gathered; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. -- Joel iii. 13.

To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. -- Shak.

Harvest (n.) The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.

The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee. -- Fuller.

The harvest of a quiet eye. -- Wordsworth.

{Harvest fish} (Zool.), A marine fish of the Southern United States ({Stromateus alepidotus}); -- called {whiting} in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish.

{Harvest fly} (Zool.), An hemipterous insect of the genus {Cicada}, often called {locust}. See {Cicada}.

{Harvest lord}, The head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.] -- Tusser.

{Harvest mite} (Zool.), A minute European mite ({Leptus autumnalis}), of a bright crimson color, which is troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic animals; -- called also {harvest louse}, and {harvest bug}.

{Harvest moon}, The moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days.

{Harvest mouse} (Zool.), A very small European field mouse ({Mus minutus}). It builds a globular nest on the stems of wheat and other plants.

{Harvest queen}, An image representing Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest. -- Milton.

{Harvest spider}. (Zool.) See {Daddy longlegs}.

Harvest (n.) The yield from plants in a single growing season [syn: {crop}, {harvest}].

Harvest (n.) The consequence of an effort or activity; "they gathered a harvest of examples"; "a harvest of love".

Harvest (n.) The gathering of a ripened crop [syn: {harvest}, {harvesting}, {harvest home}].

Harvest (n.) The season for gathering crops [syn: {harvest}, {harvest time}].

Harvest (v.) Gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" [syn: {reap}, {harvest}, {glean}].

Harvest (v.) Remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation; "The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals".

Harvest (n.) The season for gathering grain or fruit. On the 16th day of Abib (or April) a handful of ripe ears of corn was offered as a first-fruit before the Lord, and immediately after this the harvest commenced (Lev. 23:9-14; 2 Sam. 21:9, 10; Ruth 2:23). It began with the feast of Passover and ended with Pentecost, thus lasting for seven weeks (Ex. 23:16). The harvest was a season of joy (Ps. 126:1-6; Isa. 9:3). This word is used figuratively Matt. 9:37; 13:30; Luke 10:2; John 4:35. (See {Agriculture}.)

Harvested (imp. & p. p.) of Harvest.

Harvesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harvest.

Harvester (n.) One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.

Harvester (n.) A harvesting ant.

Harvest-home (n.) The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest.

Harvest-home (n.) The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself.

Harvest-home (n.) A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.

Harvest-home (n.) The opportunity of gathering treasure.

Harvesting () a. & n., from Harvest, v. t.

Harvestless (a.) Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren.

Harvestmen (n. pl. ) of Harvestman.

Harvestman (n.) 收割者 A man engaged in harvesting. -- Shak.

Harvestman (n.) (Zool.) See {Daddy longlegs}, 1.

Phalangoidea (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the {daddy longlegs} or {harvestman} ({Phalangium}) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by trache[ae]. Called also {{Phalangides}}, {{Phalangidea}}, {{Phalangiida}}, and {{Opilionea}}.

Daddy longlegs (n.) (Zool.) An arachnidan of the genus {Phalangium}, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called also {harvestman}, {carter}, and {grandfather longlegs}.

Daddy longlegs (n.) (Zool.) A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus {Tipula}, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; -- called also {father longlegs}.

Carter (n.) 戰車的御者 A charioteer. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Carter (n.) 運貨馬車夫,趕大車的人; 卡車司機 A man who drives a cart; a teamster.

Carter (n.) (Zool.) (a) Any species of {Phalangium}; -- also called {harvestman}.

Carter (n.) (Zool.) (b) A British fish; the whiff.

Harvestman (n.) 盲蛛英文常被稱為「Harvestmen(收割者)」或是「Daddy longlegs(長腿爸爸)」,不過「Daddy longlegs」也被用來稱呼同樣擁有細長腿的幽靈蛛科以及大蚊科 Spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs [syn: {harvestman}, {daddy longlegs}, {Phalangium opilio}].

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